English
antiabortion
From anti- + abortion.
A compound of anti- + abortion
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orior ‘rise, get up’
Latin aborior ‘to miscarry’
Latin abortiōnem ‘miscarriage, abortion’
English abortion
Today it means
adj Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / antiabortion